September 18, 2015 – Reston, Va. – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce that its Nominating Committee has selected candidates for next year’s openings on the AIAA Board of Directors. The Committee’s Chairman, Michael Griffin confirmed the names of the officer and director candidates who will appear on the 2016 ballot.

The nominees are:

Vice President, Elect, Member Services

Ashwani Gupta, University of Maryland

Laura Richard, United Launch Alliance LLC

Vice President, Elect, Technical Activities

James Keenan, U.S. Army, Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center

Thomas Duerr, The Aerospace Corporation

Director – Technical – Information Systems Group

James Rankin, The University of Arkansas

Director – Technical – Propulsion & Energy Group

Jeffrey Hamstra, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Je-Chin Han, Texas A&M University

Director – Region 4

Jayant Ramakrishnan, Bastion Technologies

Terry Burress, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Director – Region 5

Darin Haudrich, Boeing Defense, Space & Security

John Eiler, Stellar Solutions LTD

Director – Region 7

Abid Kahn, Institute of Space Technology

Luisella Giulicchi, European Space Agency

Director-at-Large

Mary Snitch, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Woodrow Whitlow, Cleveland State University

James Horkovich, Schafer Corporation Military Aerospace

Director – International

Konstantinos Kontis, University of Glasgow

Elections will open in March 2016.

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